Baby D (band)
| Baby D | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Drum and bass , house |
| founding | 1990 |
| Current occupation | |
singing |
Dee Galdes-Fearon (Baby D) |
Vocals, keyboard |
Terry Jones (MC Nino) |
Keyboard, EWI
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Claudio Galdez |
Baby D is the name of a British drum and bass / Euro house band that became famous with their single Let Me Be Your Fantasy , which reached number one in the UK singles charts .
Career
The group was founded by Production House Records, a record label founded in 1987 by Phil Fearon , whose band Phil Fearon & Galaxy was able to place several hit singles in the UK charts in the 1980s. Production House producer Floyd Dyce was involved in the rave scene and released his work under various names such as The House Crew, DMS and Xstatic. Baby D became another mouthpiece for his compositions and consisted of the singer (Baby D) Dee Galdes-Fearon, the keyboardist and singer Terry Jones (MC Nino) and the keyboardist and brasswalker player Claudio Galdez.
The early singles between 1991 and 1994 were underground hits. Two of them made it to the bottom of the UK Top 75. Let Me Be Your Fantasy was the exception. It was first published in 1992 and stayed in the lower half of the unpublished top 200 list for two years, with approximately 40,000 copies sold. It also reached number one on the dance charts for two weeks. In 1994 the piece was released again by London Records , went straight to number three in the British charts and was able to hold the top position for two weeks. This time around a quarter of a million copies were sold.
In the summer of 1995, Baby D reached number three with a rave version of the ballad Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime by The Korgis , which was renamed I Need Your Loving . More hits and a top 5 album called Deliverance followed.
Dyce now runs his own label, Redmaster, and continues to write and produce, while Fearon and Jones still perform at raves and events in the UK, Poland, Germany, Ireland, Spain, Greece and the Middle East.
Jones also co-wrote a number one hit for Peter Andre and produced and mixed for Eternal , the Backstreet Boys and Sarah Cracknell .
In 2000, a remix of Let Me Be Your Fantasy reached number 16. The song was also covered in 2004 by Ashley Jade.
In the summer of 2008 the band took part in the Rave Global Gathering.
Discography
album
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| 1996 | Deliverance | - |
CH47 (1 week) CH |
UK5  (5 weeks)UK |
First published: January 1996
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Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 1990 | Casanova (The Raising Hell Remix) | - | - |
UK93 (1 week) UK |
First release: May 1990
Jazz & Bros Grimm feat. Baby D & MC Juice Remixes: Cleveland Anderson, Floyd Dyce, Paul Owen Authors: Jo Armstead, Milton Middlebrook Original: Loleatta Holloway , 1975 |
| 1993 | Destiny Deliverance |
- | - |
UK69 (1 week) UK |
First published: December 1993
Author: Floyd Dyce |
| 1994 | Casanova Deliverance |
- | - |
UK67 (2 weeks) UK |
First published: July 1994
Authors: Jo Armstead, Milton Middlebrook Original: Loleatta Holloway , 1975 |
| Let Me Be Your Fantasy Deliverance |
DE31 (15 weeks) DE |
CH12 (11 weeks) CH |
UK1  (19 weeks)UK |
First published: November 1994
Author: Floyd Dyce |
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| 1995 | I Need Your Loving (Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime) Deliverance |
DE55 (6 weeks) DE |
- |
UK3 (12 weeks)UK |
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| 1996 | So Pure Deliverance |
- | - |
UK3 (7 weeks) UK |
First published: January 1996
Author: Terry Jones |
| Take Me to Heaven Deliverance |
- | - |
UK15 (5 weeks) UK |
First published: March 1996
Author: Floyd Dyce |
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| 2000 | Let Me Be Your Fantasy (Trick or Treat Remix) |
DE90 (1 week) DE |
CH96 (1 week) CH |
UK16 (5 weeks) UK |
First release: August 2000
feat. MC Tails Remixe: Trick or Treat (Chris Sargent, Simon Cranny) |
More singles
- 1990: Day Dreaming
- 1990: Behind the Groove
- 2006: Sky (Ratpack feat. Baby D)
- 2009: Let Me Be Your Fantasy (Ruff Loaderz vs. Scott Giles feat. Baby D)
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Web links
- Baby D at Discogs (English)
- 'Back to the Old School' website